A nation must think before it acts.
VENUE:Loews Philadelphia Hotel
This is the Keynote Address for the September 2013 Butcher History Institute Weekend on The Creation of Liberal Democracy: Did It Happen in Philadelphia by Accident? Though the rest of the weekend is exclusively for a select group of accepted high school teachers, FPRI will be opening up this lecture to the general public.
This lecture will be webcast live.:
A specialist in European intellectual history of the 17th and 18th centuries, Kors has won the Lindback Award and the Ira Abrams Memorial Award for distinguished college teaching and served for 6 years on the National Council for the Humanities. A champion of academic freedom, he received the National Humanities Medal at the White House in 2005. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University.
The other lectures from this conference will be streamed.
1200 Market Street
Philadelphia. PA. US. 19107
Free for Members of FPRI and Educators; $20 for Non-Members
Reservations are required. RSVP: events@fpri.org
For more information contact 215 732 3774, ext 303 or events@fpri.org.